Nosh Robotics Launches $1,500 Cooking Robot Here’s What It Does (and Doesn’t)
Self-contained cooking tools and kitchen appliances have been very active in the US market. Although culinary robots like the Thermomix have made inroads into Europe and elsewhere, adoption in the US is slow. Super smart ovensincluding June, Suvie and Brava, are similarly finding it difficult to connect with consumers here.
Nosh Robotics, a smart home robotics company based in Bengaluru, India, opens the door with the launch of Nosh One It’s a $1,499 AI-powered robot that’s seven years in the making and the company says it “can handle the entire cooking process autonomously: ingredient selection, sautéing, plating and cleaning.”
The June oven was the most promising smart oven we tested. It quietly stopped production in 2023.
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Nosh does a few things that a slow cooker or Instant Pot doesn’t, namely, add just the right amount of ingredients, cooking oil and spices from small containers. But you still have to load the right ingredients for a given recipe into the cartridges every time you cook.
The Nosh One launched on Kickstarter for a cool $1,499.
Cooking performance is also limited. While the Nosh can separate, cut (almost — no melting or dicing), cook and stir-fry food in its built-in crockpot using well-organized recipes so you can walk away when the recipe is finished, it can’t bake, roast, boil, sear or smoke, making it limited in what it can do effectively.
I saw it in a non-demo preview on CES earlier this year and spoke to representatives about Nosh One. CEO Mira Patel calls it “the first consumer robot that actually cooks for you,” though I wasn’t sure how powerful it would be and remain skeptical. Up close, and even with a thorough explanation from the site’s reviewers, an expensive machine doesn’t seem worth the cost or the space it takes up on your counter, at least for most home cooks.
Nosh One is like a Thermomix. Thermomix offers more recipes and functions, but it cannot deliver accurate ingredient amounts to the room like Nosh.
If your dinner menu consists mainly of stews, soups, stir-fries and curries, Nosh should be able to cook a lot. Many other foods will have to be cooked the old fashioned way.
It’s also bigger and bigger. Weighing in at 57 pounds with a 21×17-inch frame, it will command a large counter space, far more than an Instant Pot or slow cooker, both of which perform the same basic cooking functions, albeit with fewer automatic functions.
How does this work
Nosh One precisely separates ingredients according to programmed recipes, then heats and stirs them to perfection.
At the core of the device is NoshOS, a proprietary Culinary AI trained on thousands of cooking techniques and cuisines from around the world. Multiple sensors monitor texture, moisture, aroma and browning levels in real time, dynamically adjusting heat, time and seasoning as the dish cooks. The machine’s built-in vision identifies produce, protein and nutrients, allowing the system to suggest meals based on existing ingredients.
The ingredient cartridges, which are reusable and safe, keep things fresh and dispense them with “millimeter-level precision.” After each meal, a closed-loop wash cycle automatically cleans the cooking chamber, dishes and interior surfaces.
Price and availability
Nosh One is available for it pre-order on Kickstarter until March 25, starting at $1,499, with shipping expected in early summer 2026. Early supporters receive a free set of ingredient cartridges and access to the Nosh Founders Recipe Library, featuring recipes from award-winning chefs. According to the company, more attachments, special cooking modules and premium recipe packs are planned later in 2026.
As always, before donating to any campaign, read the crowdfunding site’s policies — in this case, Kickstarter — to find out your rights (and refund policies, or lack thereof) before and after the campaign ends.
